{"id":21289,"date":"2016-06-26T08:25:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T13:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21289"},"modified":"2016-06-26T08:25:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T13:25:16","slug":"us-imperialism-the-brexit-culprit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21289","title":{"rendered":"US imperialism the BREXIT culprit"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-header\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michael-hudson.com\/2016\/06\/us-imperialism-the-brexit-culprit\/\">US imperialism the BREXIT culprit<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<figure class=\"featured-thumbnail thumbnail large\"><a title=\"US imperialism the BREXIT culprit\" href=\"http:\/\/michael-hudson.com\/2016\/06\/us-imperialism-the-brexit-culprit\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-standard-large size-standard-large wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/michael-hudson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Predict_the_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/michael-hudson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Predict_the_Future.jpg 600x, http:\/\/michael-hudson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Predict_the_Future-300x225.jpg 300x, http:\/\/michael-hudson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Predict_the_Future-573x430.jpg 573x\" alt=\"Predict_the_Future\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=74&amp;jumival=16612\" target=\"_blank\">How Western Military Interventions Shaped the Brexit Vote<\/a>, TRNN, June 25, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><em>Michael Hudson argues that military interventions in the Middle East created refugee streams to Europe that were in turn used by the anti-immigrant right to stir up xenophobia<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x-MraD1Ys3Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>GREGORY WILPERT, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I\u2019m Gregory Wilpert, coming to you from Quito, Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s referendum in favor of leaving, or exiting, the European Union, the Brexit referendum, as the results are known, won with 52 percent of the vote on Thursday, June 23, stunning Europe\u2019s political establishment. One of the issues that has raised concern for many is that what does the Brexit mean for Britain\u2019s and Europe\u2019s economy and politics. This was one of the main topics leading up to the referendum, but a lot of disinformation [reigned] in the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>With us to discuss the economic and political context of the Brexit is Michael Hudson. He is a research professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and author of Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Destroy the Global Economy. Also, he is an economics adviser to several governments, including Greece, Iceland, Latvia, and China. He joins us right now from New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Michael, for joining us.<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL HUDSON: Good to be here again.<\/p>\n<p>WILPERT: So let\u2019s begin with the political context in which the Brexit vote took place. Aside from the right-wing arguments about immigrants, economic concerns, and about Britain\u2019s ability to control its own economy, what would you say\u2013what do you see as being the main kind of political background in which this vote took place?<\/p>\n<p>HUDSON: Well, almost all the Europeans know where the immigrants are coming from. And the ones that they\u2019re talking about are from the near East. And they\u2019re aware of the fact that most of the immigrants are coming as a result of the NATO policies promoted by Hillary and by the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US imperialism the BREXIT culprit How Western Military Interventions Shaped the Brexit Vote, TRNN, June 25, 2016. Michael Hudson argues that military interventions in the Middle East created refugee streams to Europe that were in turn used by the anti-immigrant right to stir up xenophobia GREGORY WILPERT, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. 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